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Note: Contents: Vom „Waldsterben“ zum Forstlichen Umwelt-Montoring (ForUm) ; Messnetze der forstlichen Umweltkontrolle in Brandenburg ; Luftverunreinigung als Belastungsfaktor ; Bodenzustand und Baumernährung: Kennwerte aus BZE und Level II-Programm ; Betrachtungen zu den Stoffbilanzen von Level II-Flächen in Brandenburg ; Forstliches Management zur Steuerung des C-Sequestrierungspotentials von Wäldern Brandenburgs einschließlich der Holzprodukte ; Kronenanalyse an Kiefer ; Kronenzustand als Vitalitätsweiser ; Klimawandel - was ändert sich bisher in Brandenburg ; Wasserhaushalt von Standorten des Level II-Programms in Brandenburg ; Charakterisierung der Level II-Flächen anhand Waldwachstumskundlicher Parameter ; Wachstumsverhalten und witterungssensitive Zuwachsreaktionen des Baumbestandes der Brandenburger Level II-Plots ; 20 Jahre Biomarker als Vitalitätsindikatoren auf Level 2-Flächen – Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen ; Regionalisierung: Ableitung von Flächenaussagen aus Fallstudien und BZE ; 18 Jahre Erfassung der Vegetation auf Brandenburger Dauerbeobachtungsflächen der forstlichen Umweltkontrolle ; „Daten unter die Leute bringen“: Dokumentation, Datenfreigabe und zielgruppengerechte Präsentation von Ergebnissen der Forstlichen Umweltkontrolle ; Wie beeinflussen Klima- und Bodenentwicklungen die Waldbewirtschaftung im nordostdeutschen Tiefland – Waldbaustrategische und waldbauliche Konsequenzen aus den Monitoringdaten ; Exkursionsführer Kienhorst (Biosphärenreservat Schorfheide-Chorin) ; Übersicht: Kurzcharakteristik der Dauerbeobachtungsflächen Level II in Brandenburg ; Übersicht: Lage der Dauerbeobachtungsflächen Level II in Brandenburg

Note: Preliminaries : statistical and causal models -- Graphical models and their applications -- The effects of interventions -- Counterfactuals and their applications..

Note: Contents: 1 Overview ; 2 The anatomy of climate-related natural disasters ; 3 The rising threat of climate-related natural disasters ; 4 Climate change mitigation ; 5 Climate adaptation and disaster management ; 6 Transforming mindsets, motivation, and politics ; 7 A new development paradigm

Note: Contents: 1. Why climate change litigation matters; 2. Model for understanding litigation's regulatory impact; 3. Litigation as a mitigation tool; 4. Litigation as an adaptation tool; 5. Corporate responses to litigation; 6. Litigation's role in shaping social norms; 7. Barriers to progress; 8. The future of climate change litigation..

Note: Contents: 1 Future water use in the Guanting basin under climate change and socio-economic transition ; 2 The geographical setting for integrated water resource management in the Guanting basin ; 3 Regional climate modeling ; 4 Simulation of natural water availability with the eco-hydrological model SWIM ; 5 Quality assessment of SWIM-Guanting simulations ; 6 Regionalization of socio-economic scenarios and adaptation options for the Guanting basin ; 7 Water Quantity Management – the Model WBalMo ; 8 Monitoring of trophic status and phytoplankton in water bodies of the Guanting basin ; 9 Water quality management: modeling of nutrient emissions with MONERIS ; 10 Reservoirs of the Guanting basin ; 11 Impacts and adaptation ; 12 Exploring alternative water distribution rules with behavioral irrigation experiments ; 13 InfoSYS Guanting ; Glossary

Note: Contents: 1. Einleitung ; 2. Außeruniversitäre Forschungseinrichtungen als Schlüsselinstitutionen im Forschungs- und Innovationssystem ; 3. Bestimmung der Innovationsfähigkeit außeruniversitärer Forschungseinrichtungen ; 4. Analysen und Strategien zur Stärkung der Innovationsfähigkeit außeruniversitärer Forschungseinrichtungen ; 5. Fazit und Ausblick

Note: Contents: Part One: Value ; Chapter: 1. Introduction to Corporate Finance ; Chapter: 2. How to Calculate Present Values ; Chapter: 3. Valuing Bonds ; Chapter: 4. The Value of Common Stocks ; Chapter: 5. Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria ; Chapter: 6. Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Value Rule ; Part Two: Risk ; Chapter: 7. Introduction to Risk and Return ; Chapter: 8. Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model ; Chapter: 9. Risk and the Cost of Capital ; Part Three: Best Practices in Capital Budgeting ; Chapter: 10. Project Analysis ; Chapter: 11. Investment, Strategy, and Economic Rents ; Chapter: 12. Agency Problems, Compensation, and Performance Measurement ; Part Four: Financing Decisions and Market Efficiency ; Chapter: 13. Efficient Markets and Behavioral Finance ; Chapter: 14. An Overview of Corporate Financing ; Chapter: 15. How Corporations Issue Securities ; Part Five: Payout Policy and Capital Structure ; Chapter: 16. Payout Policy ; Chapter: 17. Does Debt Policy Matter? ; Chapter: 18. How Much Should a Corporation Borrow? ; Chapter: 19. Financing and Valuation ; Part Six: Options ; Chapter: 20. Understanding Options ; Chapter: 21. Valuing Options ; Chapter: 22. Real Options ; Part Seven: Debt Financing ; Chapter: 23. Credit Risk and the Value of Corporate Debt ; Chapter: 24. The Many Different Kinds of Debt ; Chapter: 25. Leasing ; Part Eight: Risk Management ; Chapter: 26. Managing Risk ; Chapter: 27. Managing International Risks ; Part Nine: Financial Planning and Working Capital Management ; Chapter: 28. Financial Analysis ; Chapter: 29. Financial Planning ; Chapter: 30. Working Capital Management ; Part Ten: Mergers, Corporate Control, and Governance ; Chapter: 31. Mergers ; Chapter: 32. Corporate Restructuring ; Chapter: 33. Governance and Corporate Control Around the World ; Part Eleven: Conclusion ; Chapter: 34. Conclusion: What We Do and Do Not Know About Finance

Note: Contents: Introduction: Entering a New Era of Water Management ; Part I. Abundance ; 1. First Water, Then the World ; 2. Laissez-Faire Metaphysics ; 3. Managing Water for “the People” ; Part II. Scarcity ; 4. America’s Post-colonial Model of Development ; 5. The Space of Scarcity ; Part III. Security ; 6. The Globalization of Normal Water ; 7. Securing the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus ; Part IV. Rethinking the Anthropocene ; 8. The Anthropocene and the Naturalization of Process ; 9. Thinking Ecologically in an Age of Geology ; Conclusion: Water in the Anthropocene

Note: Contents: 1 Reforming the EU ETS: Where are we now? ; 2 Agreeing on the EU ETS price floor to foster solidarity, subsidiarity, and efficiency in the EU ; 3 Under pressure: European Electricity Markets and the Need for Reform ; 4 Reforming the EU energy tax directive: assessing the options ; 5 On the coherence of economic instruments: climate, renewables, and energy efficiency policies ; 6 Fiscal and regulatory instruments for clean technology development in the European Union ; 7 Lessons from the U.S. shale gas boom ; 8 Tax and regulatory policies for European transport: getting ther, but in the slow lane ; 9 Carbon pricing and taxation: overcoming obstacles to policy reform in the EU

Note: Contents: Teil 1: Grundlagen des Risikomanagements in Supply Chains ; Risikomanagement in der Supply Chain: Ökonomische, regulatorische und konzeptionelle Grundlagen ; Der Prozess des Risikomanagements in Supply Chains ; Teil 2: Management von Beschaffungsrisiken in Supply Chains ; Bewertung einer risikomindernden Versorgungskettenverzweigung ; Risikoorientiertes Lieferantenmanagement ; Teil 3: Management von Produktionsrisiken in Supply Chains ; Ein Ansatz zur Quantifizierung von auftragsbezogenen Unsicherheiten in Produktionsprozessen ; Kapazitätsdimensionierung in Supply Chains: Entwurf eines risikoorientierten Lösungsansatzes ; Unscharfe Produktionsmengenplanung als Instrument des Risikomanagements in Supply Chains ; Teil 4: Management von Absatzrisiken in Supply Chains ; Produktionskompetenz als Instrument zur Reduzierung von Nachfragerisiken in der Supply Chain ; Umgang mit unsicheren Vorschauinformationen in Supply Networks ; Erweiterte Preisuntergrenzenbestimmung zur Steuerung von Absatzrisiken ; Risk-Pooling-Kooperationen im Modehandel: Erfolgsfaktoren und Verbesserungspotenziale ; Teil 5: Management weiterer Risiken in Supply Chains ; Management von Transport- und Lagerrisiken in Supply Chains ; Management von Kooperationsrisiken in Supply Chains ; Management von IT-Risiken in Supply Chains ; Management von Informationsrisiken in Supply Chains durch Data Warehousing ; Teil 6: Methoden des Risikomanagements in Supply Chains ; Möglichkeiten der Integration von Performance- und Risikomanagement im SCM ; Kognitionsorientiertes Risikocontrolling in der Supply Chain: Supply Chain Risk Map ; Frühaufklärung im Rahmen des Risikomanagements von Supply Chains ; Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz von Big Data und RFID zur SC-Risiko-Abmilderung

Note: Contents: 1: Introduction ; 2: Framework ; 3: Traditional topics ; 4: Constrained credit ; 5: Net worth ; 6: Real estate ; 7: Commerical banks ; 8: Methods

Note: Contents: Einleitung: Energie und die Steinzeit ; 1. Die solare Disruption ; 2. Finanzen und die Disruption des Energiesystems ; 3. Strom 2.0 - Dezentrale, partizipative Energie und die Disruption der Stromversorger ; 4. Die Elektroauto-Disruption ; 5. Die Disruption durch autonome (selbstfahrende) Autos ; 6. Das Ende der Kernkraft ; 7. Das Ende des Erdöls ; 8. Erdgas - Eine Brücke ins Nirgendwo ; 9. Das Ende der Biokraftstoffe ; 10. Das Ende der Kohle

Note: Contents: 1. TEIL: ÖKUMENISCHE KOMMENTARE ; Den Fortschritt neu denken - Von Reinhard Kardinal Marx. Vorsitzender der Deutschen Bischofikonferenz ; Mehr als ein Weckruf, sondern Kairos - Von Katrin Göring-Eckardt. Vorsitzende der Fraktion von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im Deutschen Bundestag ; »Laudato si'« - Notizen eines ermutigten orthodoxen Bischofs - Von Metropolit Augoustinos. Vorsitzender der Orthodoxen Bischofikonferenz in Deutschland ; 2. TEIL: DER TEXT DER ENZYKLIKA »Laudato si'. Über die Sorge fiir das gemeinsame Haus« - Von Papst Franziskus ; Laudato si', mi' Signore [1-2] ; 1. Was unserem Haus wiederfährt [17-19] ; 2. Das Evangelium von der Schöpfung [62] ; 3. Die menschliche Wurzel der ökologischen Krise [101] ; 4. Eine ganzheidiche Ökologie [137] ; 5. Einige Leitlinien für die Orientierung und Handlung [163] ; 6. ökologische Erziehung und Spiritualität [202] ; 3. TEIL: DIE ÖKO-SOZIALE ENZYKLIKA Sozialethischer Kommentar zum Rundschreiben »Laudato si'. Über die Sorge für das gemeinsame Haus« von Papst Franziskus - Von Bernhard Emunds und Matthias Möhring-Hesse ; 1. »Yes, we can!« ; 2. Eine Öko-Sozialenzyklika ; 3. Die öko-sozialen Herausforderungen ; 4. Kritik der »jetzigen Wirtschaft« ; 5. Die Politik der öko-sozialen Transformation ; 6. Umweltethik, Schöpfungstheologie und Modernekritik ; 7. Eine revolutionär neue Enzyklika?

Note: Contents: 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Why Forecast? -- 1.2 The Informatics Challenge in Forecasting -- 1.3 The Model-Data Loop -- 1.4 Why Bayes? -- 1.5 Models as Scaffolds -- 1.6 Case Studies and Decision Support -- 1.7 Key Concepts -- 1.8 Hands-on Activities -- 2. From Models to Forecasts -- 2.1 The Traditional Modeler's Toolbox -- 2.2 Example: The Logistic Growth Model -- 2.3 Adding Sources of Uncertainty -- 2.4 Thinking Probabilistically -- 2.5 Predictability -- 2.6 Key Concepts -- 2.7 Hands-on Activities -- 3. Data, Large and Small -- 3.1 The Data Cycle and Best Practices -- 3.2 Data Standards and Metadata -- 3.3 Handling Big Data -- 3.4 Key Concepts -- 3.5 Hands-on Activities -- 4. Scientific Workflows and the Informatics of Model-Data Fusion -- 4.1 Transparency, Accountability, and Repeatability -- 4.2 Workflows and Automation -- 4.3 Best Practices for Scientific Computing -- 4.4 Key Concepts -- 4.5 Hands-on Activities -- 5. Introduction to Bayes -- 5.1 Confronting Models with Data -- 5.2 Probability 101 -- 5.3 The Likelihood -- 5.4 Bayes' Theorem -- 5.5 Prior Information -- 5.6 Numerical Methods for Bayes -- 5.7 Evaluating MCMC Output -- 5.8 Key Concepts -- 5.9 Hands-on Activities -- 6. Characterizing Uncertainty -- 6.1 Non-Gaussian Error -- 6.2 Heteroskedasticity -- 6.3 Observation Error -- 6.4 Missing Data and Inverse Modeling -- 6.5 Hierarchical Models and Process Error -- 6.6 Autocorrelation -- 6.7 Key Concepts -- 6.8 Hands-on Activities -- 7. Case Study: Biodiversity, Populations, and Endangered Species -- 7.1 Endangered Species -- 7.2 Biodiversity -- 7.3 Key Concepts -- 7.4 Hands-on Activities -- 8. Latent Variables and State-Space Models -- 8.1 Latent Variables -- 8.2 State Space -- 8.3 Hidden Markov Time-Series Model -- 8.4 Beyond Time -- 8.5 Key Concepts -- 8.6 Hands-on Activities -- 9. Fusing Data Sources -- 9.1 Meta-analysis -- 9.2 Combining Data: Practice, Pitfalls, and Opportunities -- 9.3 Combining Data and Models across Space and Time -- 9.4 Key Concepts -- 9.5 Hands-on Activities -- 10. Case Study: Natural Resources -- 10.1 Fisheries -- 10.2 Case Study: Baltic Salmon -- 10.3 Key Concepts -- 11. Propagating, Analyzing, and Reducing Uncertainty -- 11.1 Sensitivity Analysis -- 11.2 Uncertainty Propagation -- 11.3 Uncertainty Analysis -- 11.4 Tools for Model-Data Feedbacks -- 11.5 Key Concepts -- 11.6 Hands-on Activities -- Appendix A Properties of Means and Variances -- Appendix B Common Variance Approximations -- 12. Case Study: Carbon Cycle -- 12.1 Carbon Cycle Uncertainties -- 12.2 State of the Science -- 12.3 Case Study: Model-Data Feedbacks -- 12.4 Key Concepts -- 12.5 Hands-on Activities -- 13. Data Assimilation 1: Analytical Methods -- 13.1 The Forecast Cycle -- 13.2 Kalman Filter -- 13.3 Extended Kalman Filter -- 13.4 Key Concepts -- 13.5 Hands-on Activities -- 14. Data Assimilation 2: Monte Carlo Methods -- 14.1 Ensemble Filters -- 14.2 Particle Filter -- 14.3 Model Averaging and Reversible Jump MCMC -- 14.4 Generalizing the Forecast Cycle -- 14.5 Key Concepts -- 14.6 Hands-on Activities -- 15. Epidemiology -- 15.1 Theory -- 15.2 Ecological Forecasting -- 15.3 Examples of Epidemiological Forecasting -- 15.4 Case Study: Influenza -- 15.5 Key Concepts -- 16. Assessing Model Performance -- 16.1 Visualization -- 16.2 Basic Model Diagnostics -- 16.3 Model Benchmarks -- 16.4 Data Mining the Residuals -- 16.5 Comparing Model Performance to Simple Statistics -- 16.6 Key Concepts -- 16.7 Hands-on Activities -- 17. Projection and Decision Support -- 17.1 Projections, Predictions, and Forecasting -- 17.2 Decision Support -- 17.3 Key Concepts -- 17.4 Hands-on Activities -- 18. Final Thoughts -- 18.1 Lessons Learned -- 18.2 Future Directions -- References -- Index

Note: Contents: 1 Nichts bleibt, wie es ist! -- Literatur -- 2 Die Soziale Marktwirtschaft -- 2.1 Vorgeschichte -- 2.2 Motivation zur Sozialen Marktwirtschaft -- 2.3 Die Implementierung -- 2.4 Die Soziale Marktwirtschaft - Eine Erfolgsgeschichte -- 2.5 Die Globalisierung -- Literatur -- 3 Ökologie und Nachhaltigkeit -- 3.1 Die Grenzen des Wachstums. Ölkrisen -- 3.2 Die Grüne Bewegung. Weltgipfel -- 3.3 Nachhaltigkeit - Ein schillernder Begriff? -- 3.3.1 Nachhaltigkeit I, II und III -- 3.3.1.1 Nachhaltigkeit I -- 3.3.1.2 Nachhaltigkeit II -- 3.3.1.3 Nachhaltigkeit III -- 3.3.1.4 Die Balance aus Nachhaltigkeit I und Nachhaltigkeit II -- 3.3.2 Starke, ausgewogene und schwache Nachhaltigkeit -- 3.3.2.1 Starke Nachhaltigkeit -- 3.3.2.2 Ausgewogene Nachhaltigkeit -- 3.3.2.3 Schwache Nachhaltigkeit -- 3.3.2.4 Vergleich -- 3.3.3 Nachhaltigkeit im engeren und im weiteren Sinne -- 3.3.4 Schlussbemerkung zum Begriff der Nachhaltigkeit -- Literatur -- 4 Das Prinzip der Nachhaltigkeit -- 4.1 Was Nachhaltigkeit ist … -- 4.1.1 Nachhaltigkeit ist ein Prinzip -- 4.1.2 Was ist ein Prinzip? -- 4.1.3 Nachhaltigkeit - ein Prinzip der zweiten Art -- 4.1.4 Das Nachhaltigkeitsprinzip und der Mensch -- 4.1.5 Zwei aus dem Nachhaltigkeitsprinzip folgende Prinzipien -- 4.1.5.1 Das Endlichkeitsprinzip -- 4.1.5.2 Das Entropieprinzip -- 4.1.6 Maßnahmen zur Problementschärfung -- 4.1.6.1 Der alles treibende Parameter: Die Zahl der Weltbevölkerung -- 4.1.6.2 Geo-Engineering -- 4.1.6.3 Frieden und Entmilitarisierung -- 4.1.6.4 Energiewende -- 4.1.6.5 Auslaufmodell: Atomenergie -- 4.1.6.6 Energie- und Ressourceneinsparung -- 4.1.6.7 Nachhaltiger Konsum -- 4.1.6.8 Bewusstseins- und Verhaltensänderungen -- 4.1.7 Nicht-ideale Kreisläufe -- 4.1.8 Die Messung eines Prinzips -- 4.1.8.1 Das MIT-Modell zu den Grenzen des Wachstums -- 4.1.8.2 Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren und -rankings -- 4.1.8.3 Der Ökologische Fußabdruck, der Wasserfußabdruck und der Ökologische Rucksack -- 4.1.8.4 Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling -- 4.1.8.5 Nachhaltigkeitsberichtserstattung und -rating -- 4.2 Was Nachhaltigkeit demzufolge nicht ist… -- 4.2.1 Nachhaltige Entwicklung -- 4.2.2 Nachhaltiges Wachstum -- 4.2.3 Entkoppeltes Wachstum -- 4.2.4 Nachhaltigkeit ist keine Strategie und kein Ziel -- 4.2.5 Nachhaltigkeit ist kein Imperativ -- 4.2.6 Verdrängungen und Projektionen -- 4.2.7 Resilienz und Autopoiese -- 4.3 Das Nachhaltigkeitsprinzip und die Wesentlichkeit -- 4.3.1 Wesentlichkeit nach GRI G4-RichtlinieStandards -- 4.3.2 Relevanz und Wesentlichkeit nach IFRS-Rahmenkonzept -- 4.3.3 Fazit zu Relevanz, Art und Wesentlichkeit -- Literatur -- 5 Der Weg zur Nachhaltigen Marktwirtschaft -- 5.1 Marktradikales Denken und Freie Marktwirtschaft -- 5.2 Konzentration auf die Nachhaltigkeit I -- 5.3 Kritik an der Sozialen Marktwirtschaft -- 5.3.1 Eine abgeschwächte Anthropozentrik -- 5.3.2 Gegenwarts- und Zukunftsorientierung -- 5.4 Von der Sozialen zur Nachhaltigen Marktwirtschaft -- 5.4.1 Die Transformation zu einer Nachhaltigen Marktwirtschaft -- 5.4.2 Die Implementierung des Nachhaltigkeitsprinzips in Deutschland -- 5.4.3 Zur EU-Nachhaltigkeitspolitik -- 5.4.4 Nachhaltigkeit im internationalen Rahmen -- 5.4.5 Nachhaltigkeit ist in den Unternehmen angekommen -- 5.4.6 Das Nachhaltigkeitsthema für Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene -- 5.5 Die Nachhaltige Marktwirtschaft -- 5.5.1 Eine erweiterte Programmatik braucht einen neuen Begriff -- 5.5.2 Nachhaltige Marktwirtschaft - Action und Ausblick -- 5.5.3 Nachhaltige Marktwirtschaft auch im Grundgesetz? -- 5.6 Vorteile einer Nachhaltigen Marktwirtschaft -- 5.6.1 Vorteile für unseren endlichen Planeten -- 5.6.2 Vorteile für die Wirtschaft -- 5.6.3 Vorteile für die Gesellschaft -- Literatur -- 6 Zusammenfassung -- Literatur -- Anhang A Vergleich Grundsatzprogramme deutscher Parteien -- Anhang B Vergleich Wahlprogramme Bundestagswahl 2013 -- Anhang C Weltkonferenzen -- Anhang D Nachhaltigkeit - Wichtige Events -- Anhang E Nachhaltigkeit - Institutionen -- Anhang F Nachhaltigkeit - Medien -- Literatur -- Stichwortverzeichnis

Note: Contents: Einleitung - um was geht es in diesem Buch?- Erster Teil: Energiewende - was steckt dahinter?- Drei Ziele der Energiewende - Beschreibung. Drei Ziele der Energiewende - Analyse. Vier Motive der Energiewende - Beschreibung. Vier Motive der Energiewende - Analyse. Rahmenbedingungen der Energiewende - Beschreibung. Rahmenbedingungen der Energiewende - Analyse. Systemische Folgen - Beschreibung -- Zweiter Teil: Energie-Wende - Wo stehen wir heute?- Einführung. Status quo 2015 - Ziele. Status quo 2015 - Motive. Status quo 2015 - Rahmenbedingungen. Status quo 2015 - Systemische Folgen. Zusammenfassung -- Dritter Teil: Energiewende - was kostet sie wirklich?- Einführung. Phase 1 der Energiewende (2000-2014). Phase 2 der Energiewende (2015-2030). Phase 3 der Energiewende (2030-2050). Zusammenfassung -- Vierter Teil: Energiewende - Bequeme und unbequeme Wahrheiten -- 10 Antworten

Note: Contents: Einführung ; Thermochemische Prozesse zur Herstellung von Biomassekarbonisaten ; Herstellung von Biomassekarbonisaten ; Eigenschaften von Biomassekarbonisaten ; Verwendung von Biomassekarbonisaten

Note: Contents: Executive summary ; Chapter 1. Modelling the economic consequences of climate change ; Chapter 2. The damages from selected climate change impacts to 2060 ; Chapter 3. The bigger picture of climate change ; Chapter 4. The benefits of policy action ; Annex I. Description of the modelling tools

Note: Contents: Introduction - The Power over Life and Death ; Part 1 - Robopocalypse now ; 1 The coming swarm - The military robotics revolution ; 2 The Terminator and the Roomba - What is autonomy? ; 3 Machines that kill - What is an autonomous weapon? ; Part 2 - Building the Terminator ; 4 The future being built today - Autonomous missiles, drones, and robot swarms ; 5 Inside the puzzle palace - Is the Pentagon building autonomous weapons? ; 6 Crossing the threshold - Approving autonomous weapons ; 7 World War R - Robotic weapons around the world ; 8 Garage bots - DIY killer robotics ; Part 3 - Runaway gun ; 9 Robots run amok - Failure in autonomous systems ; 10 Command and decision - Can autonomous weapons be used safely? ; 11 Black box - The weird, alien world of deep natural networks ; 12 Failing deadly - The risk of autonomous weapons ; Part 4 - Flash war ; 13 Bot vs Bot - An arms race in speed ; 14 The invisible war - autonomy in Cyberspace ; 15 "Summoning the demon" - The rise of intelligent machines ; Part 5 - The fight to ban autonomous weapons ; 16 Robots on trial - Autonomous weapons and the laws of war ; 17 Soulless killers - The morality of autonomous weapons ; 18 Playing with fire - Autonomous weapons and stability ; Part 6 - Averting Armageddon: the weapon of policy ; 19 Centaur warfighters - Humans + machines ; 20 The Pope and the crossbow - The mixed history of arms control ; 21 Are autonomous weapons inevitable? - The search for lethal laws of robotics ; Conclusion - No ffate but what we make

Note: Contents: Vorwort ; Einführung: Klimaästhetik ; Teil 1: Genealogie. Die Sichtbarmachung von Wetter und Klima ; Die Geschichtsschreiber des Luftkreises ; Schlüsselmomente der Datenvisualisierung ; Teil 2: Gegenwart. Bildpolitiken des Klimawandels ; Klimatische Kurvenlandschaften ; Ikonografie der Klimamodelle ; Glaubensfragen ; Das zukünftige Gesicht der Erde ; Kosmogramme des Anthropozäns ; Ästhetik des Wissens, Ästhetik des Handelns?

Note: Contents: Einführung: Einfach komplex – Über die Herausforderung, Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren ; 1 Kommunikation über komplexe Zusammenhänge am Beispiel der systemischen Risiken ; 2 Nachhaltige Gestaltung von Komplexität – Zwischen natürlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz ; 3 »Wie soll man da durchblicken?« Psychologische Aspekte einer Nachhaltigkeitsbildung ; 4 Vertrauen – zentrale Ressource im Kontext einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung ; 5 Komplexe Systeme erkunden: Antworten ohne zu fragen durch Systemaufstellungen ; 6 Herausforderungen für die zielgruppengerechte Kommunikation komplexer Nachhaltigkeitsthemen ; 7 Barrieren in der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation und im Nachhaltigkeitsmarketing - Analyseinstrumente und Strategien zur Überwindung ; 8 Herausforderungen und Wege eines systematischen Umgangs mit komplexen Themen in der schulischen Nachhaltigkeitsbildung ; 9 Warum sich Medien auf das Zukunftsnarrativ konzentrieren können und wie dies gelingt ; 10 Storytelling: Ein Ansatz zum Umgang mit Komplexität in der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation? ; 11 Vor Ort: Wie lokale Akteure Nachhaltigkeit kommunizieren ; 12 Gesellschaftliche Verständigung über ein Totalphänomen. Zum Verständnis nachhaltigkeitsbezogener Ernährungskommunikation

Note: Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Symbols -- Scalars -- Functions -- Indices -- Vectors, Matrices, Etc. -- Symbols Related to Poverty and Inequality -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Objective and Research Question -- 1.2 Structure of Thesis -- References -- 2 The Normative Argument for an Unconditional Basic Income -- 2.1 Van Parijs' Concept of Freedom -- 2.1.1 Alternative Concepts of Freedom -- 2.1.2 The Concept of Real Freedom -- 2.2 From Real Freedom to Basic Income -- 2.2.1 The Resource Egalitarianism Approach -- 2.2.2 Ambition-Sensitivity and Endowment-Insensitivity -- 2.2.3 The Value of the Basic Income -- 2.3 The Concept of the Basic Income in Detail -- 2.4 Common Objections Against an Unconditional BasicIncome -- 2.4.1 Exploitation and Reciprocity -- 2.4.2 Measuring of Real Freedom -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Implementation of a Basic Income by a Negative Income Tax -- 3.1 The Concept of a Negative Income Tax -- 3.1.1 Definition and Classification -- 3.1.2 Economic Aspects -- 3.1.3 Comparison of an Unconditional Basic Income with a Negative Income Tax -- 3.2 Different Types of Negative Income Tax Plans -- 3.2.1 Minimum Income Guarantee -- 3.2.2 Social-Dividend Type -- 3.2.3 Poverty-Gap Type -- 3.2.4 Comparison of NIT-Types -- 3.3 Empirical Studies on Negative Income Tax Plans -- References -- 4 A Negative Income Tax Proposal for Germany -- 4.1 The Subsistence Level as Lower Limit of Welfare Payments in Germany -- 4.2 The Negative Income Tax Proposal in Detail -- 4.2.1 General Concept -- 4.2.2 The Build-In Option in Detail -- 4.2.3 Child Support -- 4.3 Comparison with Germany's Status Quo of 2010 -- 4.4 Critical Remarks -- References -- 5 Modeling Political Reforms: The Discrete Approach to Labor Supply -- 5.1 Economic Simulations ; 5.1.1 General Overview -- 5.1.2 Micro Simulations in Detail -- 5.1.3 Construction of a New Tax-and-TransferMicro Simulation -- 5.2 The Discrete Approach to Labor Supply -- 5.2.1 The Discrete Framework -- 5.2.2 Additive Random Utility -- 5.2.3 Specification of the Utility Function -- 5.2.4 Behavioral Changes -- References -- 6 Implications on the Proposed Basic Income Reform -- 6.1 Data -- 6.1.1 General Information on the GSOEP -- 6.1.2 Imputation and Non-responses -- 6.1.3 The Household Concept of the GSOEP -- 6.1.4 Income and Working Hours Distributions -- 6.2 Sample Selection Estimations for Expected Wage Rates -- 6.3 Calibration of the Multinomial Logit Regression Model -- 6.3.1 Estimation Results -- 6.3.2 Modeling the Status Quo -- 6.4 Allocation Effects of the Basic Income Schemeand its Feasibility -- 6.4.1 Expected Changes in Household Labor Supply -- 6.4.2 Feasibility of the Proposed Tax-and-TransferScheme -- 6.5 Distributional Effects of the Basic Income Scheme -- 6.5.1 Estimated Changes in Poverty -- 6.5.2 Implications on Income Inequality -- 6.6 Critical Remarks -- References -- 7 Conclusion and Outlook -- A Efficient Wage Hypothesis -- References -- B Social Insurance Contributions in Germany -- C Calculations -- C.1 Multinomial Logit Estimation -- C.2 Translog Utility -- C.2.1 Married Couples -- C.2.2 One-Adult Households -- C.3 Constant Relative Inequality Aversion -- Reference -- D Descriptive Statistics -- E Social Security Parameters of 2010 (Germany) -- F GSOEP Questions

Note: Contents: 1: Introduction ; 2: Climate Change and International Law ; 3: Treaty-Based Lawmaking: Rules, Tools and Techniques ; 4: Evolution of the United Nations Climate Regime ; 5: The Framework Convention on Climate Change ; 6: Kyoto Protocol ; 7: Paris Agreement ; 8: Climate Governance beyond the United Nations Climate Regime ; 9: International Climate Change Law & Other Areas of International Regulation ; 10: Conclusion

Note: Contents: Part 1: The legal and institutional framework -- The environment and international society: issues, concepts and definitions -- History -- Governance: states, international organisations and non-state actors -- International law-making and regulation -- Compliance: implementation, enforcement, dispute settlement -- Part 2: Principles and rules establishing standards -- General principles and rules -- Atmospheric protection -- Climate change -- Freshwater resources -- Biological diversity -- Oceans, seas and marine living resources -- Hazardous substances and activities, and waste -- The polar regions: antarctica and the arctic -- Part 3: Techniques for implementing international principles and rules -- Environmental impact assessment -- Environmental information and technology transfer -- Liability for environmental damage -- Part 4: Linkage of international environmental law and other areas of international law -- Human rights and international humanitarian law -- International economic law: trade, investment and intellectual property -- Future developments

Note: Contents: Introduction to Volume 1 ; 1. Social trends and new geographies ; 2. Social progress: a compass ; 3. Economic inequality and social progress ; 4. Economic growth, human development and welfare ; 5. Cities and social progress ; 6. Markets, finance, and corporations: does capitalism have a future? ; 7. The future of work – good jobs for all ; 8. Social justice, well-being, and economic organization

Note: Contents: Introduction to Volume 2 ; 9. The paradoxes of democracy and the rule of law ; 10. Violence, wars, peace, security ; 11. International organizations and the technologies of governance ; 12. Governing capital, labor and nature in a changing world ; 13. Media and communications ; 14. Challenges of inequality to democracy

Note: Contents: (Dis)ability and (Dis)aster -- Disability and disaster : an overview -- Inclusive emergency management for people with disabilities facing disaster -- One (mis-)step from (personal) disaster : being blind -- One should remain calm -- Failure and hope : living or not with disability after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake -- Resilience : just for the resilient? -- Educating first responders about Asperger's syndrome -- Fighting to restart -- No matter what happened, I have survived -- Migraines and atmospheric conditions -- Don't let me burn! -- If you people would just prepare! -- Inclusive risk management -- Terrorism and displacement in Kenya -- Maintaining social contact for disaster preparedness -- Disasters for people with disabilities in the Cook Islands -- A disaster-free life - a lot of luck and happiness -- Lightness or darkness? -- The water is rushing in -- Of bodybuilders and wheelchairs -- My sister -- Wheels on the ground : lessons learned and lessons to learn -- Help us to get it right -- Exploring and exchanging (dis)ability and (Dis)aster

Note: Contents: Intro; Contents; Foreword to Water Is; Introduction: Three Seths on Water; 1 Water is Chemistry and Physics ; 2 Water is Biology ; 3 Water is Nature ; 4 Water is Society ; 5 Water is Government ; 6 Water is Innovation ; 7 Water is Culture ; 8 Water is Future

Note: Contents: Einleitung ; 1. Aus der Klimageschichte lernen ; 2. Die globale Erwärmung ; 3. Die Folgen des Klimawandels ; 4. Klimawandel in der öffentlichen Diskussion ; 5. Die Lösung des Klimaproblems

Note: Contents: I: Introduction ; II: Climate Change Impacts on Major Cotton Production Regions ; III: Climate Change Impacts on Cotton Growth and Production ; IV: Management Approaches to Adapt to Impacts of Climate Change ; V: Role of Research in Modern Cotton Systems Adapting to Climate Change ; VI: Conclusion

Note: Contents: Introduction -- Answer -- Creating a technology -- Scientific origins -- US technology push -- Building a market -- Japanese niche markets -- German demand pull -- Making it cheap -- Chinese entrepreneurs -- Local learning -- Doing it again -- Solar as a model to follow -- Applying the model -- Accelerating innovation.

Note: Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Robert McLeman and FranÃois Gemenne -- Foreword by Mary Robinson -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- List of contributors -- Part I Existing knowledge, theories and methods -- 1 Environmental migration research: evolution and current state of the science -- 2 Theories of voluntary and forced migration -- 3 Mobility, displacement and migration, and their interactions with vulnerability and adaptation to environmental risks -- 4 Environmental change and international migration: a review -- 5 Immobility -- 6 Geospatial modeling and mapping -- 7 Modeling migration and population displacement in response to environmental and climate change: multilevel event history models -- 8 Estimating the population impacts of sea level rise -- 9 Qualitative research techniques: itâs a case-studies world -- 10 Incorporating Indigenous knowledge in research -- 11 Gender, migration and (global) environmental change -- 12 Environmental migrants, climate ârefugeesâ and sun-seeking expats: capturing the larger context of migration in a changing climate through appropriate and effective behavioural research -- Part II Empirical evidence from regions -- 13 Environmental change and migration: a review of West African case studies -- 14 Burkina Faso: the adaptation-migration policy nexus in a drying climate -- 15 Fleeing from arid lands: pastoralism in the context of climate change -- 16 Climate and risk of migration in South Africa -- 17 Deforestation, drought and environmental migration in Brazil: an overview -- 18 Internal migration in Bangladesh: a comparative analysis of coastal, environmentally challenged, and other districts -- 19 Environmental stressors and population mobility in China: causes, approaches and consequences -- 20 Environmental migration in Mexico -- 21 Transnational approaches to remittances, risk reduction, and disaster relief: evidence from post-Typhoon Haiyan experiences of Filipino immigrants in Canada -- 22 Population displacements and migration patterns in response to Hurricane Katrina -- 23 A community-based model for resettlement: lessons from coastal Louisiana -- 24 Social and cultural dimensions of environment-related mobility and planned relocations in the South Pacific -- Part III Legal and policy considerations -- 25 Definitions and concepts -- 26 Human rights, environmental displacement and migration -- 27 Climate, migration and displacement: exploring the politics of preventative action -- 28 Environmental migration and international political security: rhetoric, reality and questions -- 29 Green grabbing-induced displacement -- 30 Climate-induced community relocations: institutional challenges and human rights protections -- 31 UNHCRâs perspectives and activities on displacement in the context of climate change -- 32 Environmental change and human mobility: perspectives from the World Bank -- 33 Human mobility in the Anthropocene: perspectives from UN Environment -- 34 Platform on Disaster Displacement, follow-up to the Nansen Initiative: addressing the protection needs of persons displaced across borders in the context of disasters and climate change -- 35 A moment of opportunity to define the global governance of environmental migration: perspectives from the International Organization for Migration -- 36 Where do we go from here? Reflections on the future of environmental migration and displacement research -- Index

Note: Contents: 1: Looking Foolish ; 2: The Demographics of Disaffiliation ; 3: Why They Say They Leave ; 4: The Night Before ; 5: Gaudium et spes, luctus et angor ; 6: The Morning After ; 7: Unto the Third and Fourth Generations ; Epilogue: Did the Council Fail?

Note: Contents: Einführung ; Das Anthropozän — ein Prozess-Zustand am Rand der Erd-Geschichte? ; Die Sorge des Hausvaters ; Bilder von Odradek und die Ränder der Wahrnehmung ; Tier-Recht im Zeitalter des Menschen ; Mare liberum: das See Völkerrecht im Spiegel menschlicher Geschichte ; Der Mensch als Ausbeuter — und Gestalter? Ein Blick auf die ökonomischen Wissenschaften ; Anthropozän Observatorium ; »Eine gemeinsame, aber differenzierte Verantwortung« ; Die Einstiegsfrage: Wann hat das Anthropozän begonnen? ; Kuschims Tontafel ; Was wir von Kuschim über die Evolution des Wissens und die Ursprünge des Anthropozäns lernen können ; Raffinerie und Katalyse ; Die Monster ; Wissensinfrastrukturen für das Anthropozän ; Was ist politisch an der Frage, ob es das Anthropozän gibt?

Note: Contents: Overview ; 1 From Climate Change to Poverty and Back: A Framework ; 2 Bad Seed: Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security ; 3 Threat Multiplier: Climate Change, Disasters, and Poor People ; 4 Under the Weather: Climate Change, Health, and the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty ; 5 Lend a Hand: Poor People, Support Systems, Safety Nets, andInclusion ; 6 A Window of Opportunity: Climate-Informed Development and Pro-Poor Climate Policies

Note: Introduction to the hydrologic cycle and drought -- Global hydroclimatology -- Drought in the climate system -- Drought and hydroclimate variability in the Holocene -- Climate change and drought -- Case studies: the Dust Bowl and the Sahel drought -- Desertification and land degradation -- Groundwater and irrigation.

Note: Contents: Introduction / Lisa Early, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Marie Russell, Anna Hamer Adams & Jenny Ombler -- Auckland / Guy Salmon -- Hamilton / Marie Russell, Lisa Early, Jenny Ombler & Anna Hamer-Adams -- Wellington / Marie Russell, Lisa Early, Anna Hamer-Adams & Jenny Ombler -- Christchurch / Guy Salmon -- Dunedin / Marie Russell, Lisa Early, Jenny Ombler & Anna Hamer-Adams -- Survey of sentiments about cities / Philippa Howden-Chapman, Anna Hamer-Adams, Ed Randal, Ralph Chapman, Guy Salmon -- What shapes our cities? / Lisa Early, Marie Russell, Geoff Fougere & Philippa Howden-Chapman.

Note: Contents: I. Revolution:Es geschieht jetzt ; Die digitalisierte Gesellschaft ; Vernetzte Nachhaltigkei toder nicht - nachhaltige Vernetzung? ; Digitalisierung und Ressourcengerechtigkeit ; Von der Nische in den Mainstream ; II. Disruption: Alles wird anders. Und besser? ; Digitalisierung als „gamechanger"? ; Digitale Havarien ; Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit ; Digital in den Stau? ; Auswirkungen des digitalen Wandels auf Umwelt und Klimaschutz ; Smart Farming ; Sekundärrohstoffe für die Digitalisierung ; Metalle ; Digitalisierung: Fluch oder Segen für die Umweltbewegungen? ; III. Vision: Vom Nutzen und Steuern der Digitalisierung ; Digitale Kultur des Teilens ; Modellkonzepte einer reflexiven Ökologie ; Software und Nachhaltigkeit ; Die Mitfahrtafel ; Ökologische Siedlungsentwicklung ; Digitalisierung: Körpererweiterung oder Amputation? ; Die zweite kopernikanische Revolution ; IV. Fazit ; Die Ökologie der digitalen Gesellschaft

Note: Contents: Einleitung ; Rechtsformauswahl ; Gründungsprozess und erste Projekte ; Ressourcen und Geschäftsfelder in den Regionen ; Vorteile der Technologien für die Region ; Finanzierung und Versicherung der Vorhaben ; Gesetzliche Rahmenbedingungen und Rentabilität der Vorhaben ; Projektmanagement von Energiegenossenschaften ; Unternehmensführung, Controlling, Kostenrechnung ; Die Generalversammlung, Ausschüttungspolitik ; Beispiele für erfolgreiche Genossenschaften ; Zukunftsszenarien der dezentralen Energieversorgung, Ausblick: Auf dem Weg zur Postwachstumsökonomie ; Anhang

Note: Contents: Part I. Ecological Economics, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development -- Chapter 1. Ecological Economics and Climate Change -- Chapter 2. Sustainable Development and Climate Change -- Chapter 3. Policies to Achieve Sustainable Development -- Chapter 4. A Sustainable Versus a Growth-As-Usual Scenario -- Part II. Alternative Perspectives of the Climate Change Crisis -- Chapter 5. A Mainstream Economic Perspective of the Climate Change Crisis -- Chapter 6. An Ecological Economic Perspective of the Climate Change Crisis -- Part III. A Way Forward and the Road to Sustainable Development -- Chapter 7. The Case for an Emissions-Trading System to Help Resolve the Climate Change Crisis -- Chapter 8. International Climate Change Institutions and the Greenhouse-Gas Emitting Performance of Nations -- Chapter 9 Laying the Foundations to Support a New Global Climate Change Protocol -- Chapter 10. A Post-2020 Protocol and Emissions-Trading Framework to Resolve the Climate Change Crisis

Note: Contents: Climate Change Adaptation in North America: A Short Review of Priorities ; Climate Adaptation Management in Rural and Urban Areas ; Community Deliberation to Build Local Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation: The Rural Climate Dialogues Program ; A Participatory Process to Design Climate Change Adaptation Measures for the Carmen-Pajonal-Machona Lagoon System in Mexico ; Experimentalist Regional Governance for Climate Change Adaptation: A Canadian Case Study ; The Participative Action Research Approach to Climate Change Adaptation in Atlantic Canadian Coastal Communities ; Recent Harm, Problematic Impacts, and Socially Feasible Adaptation Options to Heatwaves and Heavy Rain Events in New York City ; Climate Change and the Built Environment ; A Critical Discussion on the Roles of Institutions on Ports’ Adaptation to the Impacts Posed by Climate Change ; Beyond Restoration: Planting Coastal Infrastructure ; COREDAR for Cities: Developing a Capacity Building Tool for Sea-Level Rise Risk Communication and Urban Community-Based Adaptation ; Conflicts and Synergies: Adaptation, Resilience and Multi-hazard Mitigation ; A Region Under Threat? Climate Change Impacts, Institutional Change and Response of Local Communities in Coastal Yucatán ; Designing for Future Uncertainties: Comparative Studies of Two Adaptive Strategies in Urban Design in New York and Sweden ; Designing with Risk: Balancing Global Risk and Project Risks ; Coping with Higher Sea Levels and Increased Coastal Flooding in New York City ; Building an Adaptation Tool for Visualizing the Coastal Impacts of Climate Change on Prince Edward Island, Canada ; Information, Communication, Education and Training on Climate Change ; Effective Public Service Communication Networks for Climate Change Adaptation ; Speaking Out or Staying Quiet on Climate Change: Broadcast Meteorologists Influenced by the Need to Be Pithy, Popular and Politically Cautious ; Climate Change, Planning and Health and Examples from Other Regions ; Urban Planning to Prevent Mosquito-Borne Diseases in the Caribbean ; Mental Health Impacts of Droughts: Lessons for the U.S. from Australia ; Linking Science and Policy on Climate Change: The Case of Coquimbo Region, Chile ; Selection Support Framework Fostering Resilience Based on Neighbourhood Typologies ; Final Considerations ; A Cross-Disciplinary Perspective on the Factors Shaping North American Adaptation Research

Note: Contents: Introduction ; Horizontal Policies: General Aspects ; The Circulation of the Model of Sustainable Development: Tracing the Path in a Comparative Law Perspective ; 3-D Sustainability and Its Contribution to Governance Assessment in Legal Terms: Examples and Perspectives ; Sustainability—A Long, Hard Road ; Horizontal Policies: Human and Intellectual Property Rights ; Environmental Sustainability as a Human Right ; Ensuring Access to Safe Drinking Water as an Imperative of Sustainable Development ; Ensuring a Sustainable Future Through Recognizing and Protecting Indigenous Ecological Knowledge ; Horizontal policies: Communication and Social Enterprise Governance ; Framing New Environmental Cultures for Sustainability. Communication and Sensemaking in Three Intractable Multiparty Conflicts in the EbreBiosfera, Spain ; An Empirical Investigation of Supportive Legal Frameworks for Social Enterprises in Belgium: A Cross-Sectoral Comparison of Case Studies Concerning Social Enterprises in the Social Housing, Finance and Energy Sector ; Horizontal Policies: Public Participation ; Judicial Control Over Acts of Administrative Omission: Environmental Rule of Law and Recent Case Law in Japan ; Examining the Resilience of Public Participation Structures for Sustainable Mining in the Philippines ; Public Participation and Constitutional Impediments to Sustainable Development in Nigeria ; Horizontal Policies: Assessment Tools ; A Global Conceptual Framework for Categorizing Environmental Change Based on Property Rights and Compensation ; Prioritising the Environment in Sustainable Development: Lessons from Australian Environmental Impact Assessment ; Reframing Sustainability in Taiwan: Legal Challenges and Opportunities ; Sectorial Policies: Forest and Water Management ; A Legal Butterfly Effect: Unexpected Twists and Turns of the Law in Costa Rica’s Payment for Ecosystem Services Program ; From River Basins to Landscapes—Holistic Legal Constructs and Their Differentiation ; Coherence Issues Between Climate, Energy and Water in the Case of European Hydropower: Can We Have It All? ; Sectorial Policies: Renewable Energy ; Generating Renewable Energy for the Material Realization of Sustainable Development: What Do We Need from Multilateral Cooperation, the Climate Change and the International Trade Regimes? ; The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard and the Revocation of Feed in Tariffs—Foreign Renewable Energy Investments in Crisis-Struck Spain ; Horizontal and Vertical Integration of Sustainability into Policymaking, Planning and Implementation of Renewable Energy Projects—The New Zealand Model ; Tackling Climate Change Through the Elimination of Trade Barriers for Low-Carbon Goods: Multilateral, Plurilateral and Regional Approaches ; Sectorial Policies: Cities, Waste and Material Management ; Environmental Integration in China’s Eco-city Development—From an Institutional Perspective ; Identifying the Interaction Between Landfill Taxes and NIMBY. A Simulation for Flanders (Belgium) Using a Dynamic Optimization Model ; Pressing Forward—Developments in the Transition Towards Sustainable Materials Management in EU Environmental Law ; Sectorial Policies: Biodiversity, Nature Conservation, Oceans and Spatial Planning ; Sustainable Development: New Thoughts, New Policy, New Law? ; Sustainable Development of the Oceans: Closing the Gaps in the International Legal Framework ; Knowledge in Sustainable Resource Management in Australia ; Sectorial Policies: Agriculture and Rural Policy ; The Sustainable Use of Biodiversity and Its Implications in Agriculture: The Agroforestry Case in the Brazilian Legal Framework ; Next Generation Rural Natural Resource Governance: A Careful Diagnosis ; Conclusions

Note: Contents: PART I: BASICS ; 1. Population Dynamics ; 2. Simple Frequency Dependence ; 3. Dynamics in n-dimensional Games ; 4. Equilibrium ; 5. Social games ; 6. Cellular Automaton Games ; PART II: APPLICATIONS ; 7. Rock-Paper-Scissors Everywhere ; 8. Learning in Games ; 9. Contingent Life Cycle Strategies ; 10. The Blessing and the Curse of the Multiplicative Updates (Contributed by Manfred K. Warmuth) ; 11. Traffic Games (contributed by John Musacchio) ; 12. International Trade and the Environment (contributed by Matthew McGinty) ; 13. Evolution of Cooperation ; 14. Speciation ; Glossaries

Note: Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction ; Chapter 2. When New Policies Fail to Create a New Politics ; Chapter 3. An Institutional History of Electricity Politics and Climate Inaction ; Chapter 4. Policy Feedback: Networked and Influential Advocates Use the Public to Drive Clean Energy Leadership in Texas ; Chapter 5. A Direct Line to Legislators and Regulators: Fossil Fuel Corporations and the Limitations of Texas's Renewable Energy Laws ; Chapter 6. Retrenchment by a Thousand Cuts: Fossil Fuel Opponents Drive Polarization on Clean Energy in Kansas ; Chapter 7. Regulatory Capture: Electric Utilities Retrench Arizona's Net Metering Laws ; Chapter 8. When the Fog of Enactment Lifts: Late Action brings Rapid Retrenchment of Ohio's Renewable Energy Laws ; Chapter 9. Conclusion ; References ; Appendix:List of Interviews

Note: Contents:1. Exact Dynamic Programming ; 2. Approximation in Value Space ; 3. Parametric Approximation ; 4. Infinite Horizon Dynamic Programming ; 5. Infinite Horizon Reinforcement Learning ; 6. Aggregation

Note: Contents: Einleitung: Über Wissen vom Wasserwissen ; Wissen über Wasser ; Wasser in der Werbung – Inszenierungen, Konstruktionen und Probleme ; Trinkwasser als Lifestyleprodukt – Images von Trinkwasser in Werbung und Gesellschaft ; Wasser – zwischen Alltagsgetränk und Lifestyle-Produkt ; Mediendiskurse über Trinkwasser

Note: Contents: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Themes, Approach and Structure of the Book -- 1.1.1 Methodology and Approach -- 1.1.2 Structure and Themes -- References -- Chapter 2: Political Coalitions in Agricultural and Food Policies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Value Chains and Political Coalitions -- 2.2.1 Consumers -- 2.2.2 Landowners -- 2.2.3 Environmental Concerns -- 2.2.4 International Interests -- 2.2.5 Globalization of Value Chains and New International Coalitions -- 2.2.6 GM Regulations and Agribusiness -- 2.2.7 An Iron Triangle of Food Aid -- 2.2.8 Food, Feed, and Fuel -- 2.2.9 Insuring Crops or the Insurance Industry? -- 2.2.10 Consumer-Farmer Coalitions -- 2.3 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Factors Influencing Policy Choices -- 3.1 Income Distribution -- 3.1.1 Relative Income and Loss Aversion -- 3.1.2 Inequality and Ideology -- 3.2 Economic Structure -- 3.3 Deadweight Costs and Transaction Costs -- 3.4 Political Institutions -- 3.4.1 Political Regimes -- 3.4.2 Democratization and Agricultural Policies -- 3.4.3 Bureaucracies and Institutions -- 3.5 Ideology -- 3.6 Political Organization -- 3.7 Information -- 3.7.1 The Rationally Ignorant Voter -- 3.7.2 Mass Media -- 3.7.3 The Bad News Hypothesis -- 3.7.4 Information and Policy Instrument Choice -- 3.8 Crises -- 3.9 International Institutions -- 3.10 Conclusion -- References -- Part II -- Chapter 4: The Development Paradox -- 4.1 Economic Growth, Restructuring, and Political Incentives -- 4.1.1 Information Costs -- 4.1.2 Political Organization -- 4.1.3 Political Reforms -- 4.2 Development and Policy Combinations -- References -- Chapter 5: Anti-Trade Bias and the Political Economy of Instrument Choice -- 5.1 Anti-Trade Bias -- 5.2 Political Economy of Instrument Choice 5.3 Instrument Choice, Trade, and International Institutions -- References -- Chapter 6: Development Paradox and Anti-Trade Bias Revisited? -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Reform and Decline of Agricultural Taxation in Poor Countries 1980-2010 -- 6.2.1 Economic Growth: The Development Paradox at Work -- 6.2.2 Political Reforms and Mass Media -- 6.2.3 Structural-Adjustment Programs and Policy Conditionality -- 6.2.4 Summary -- 6.3 Reform of Agricultural Subsidies in Rich Countries -- 6.3.1 The WTO and Policy Reforms -- References -- Chapter 7: Policy Reform in History: Europe, the USA, and China -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Europe -- 7.2.1 Free Trade in Europe -- 7.2.2 The Agricultural Crisis of the Late Nineteenth Century -- 7.2.3 The Growth of Agricultural Protection in the Mid-­Twentieth Century -- 7.2.4 The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) -- 7.2.5 A Perfect Storm -- 7.3 USA -- 7.3.1 The Emergence of the Farm Bills -- 7.3.2 Political Coalitions in the Farm Bill -- 7.3.3 Persistence and Policy Reforms -- 7.3.4 Recoupling Through Crop Insurance and Biofuels -- 7.4 China -- 7.4.1 Political Changes, Grassroots Pressure, and Agricultural Reform -- 7.4.2 The World's Largest Agricultural Subsidy Program -- References -- Part III -- Chapter 8: Food Price Volatility -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Benefits and Costs of Price Stabilization -- 8.2.1 Balancing Volatility and Distortions -- 8.3 Trading-off Volatility and Distortions? Empirical Observations -- 8.4 Food Politics with Price Volatility -- References -- Chapter 9: Crises, Media, and Agricultural Development Policy -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The Right Price of Food -- 9.2.1 Some Basic Principles -- 9.3 Communications on Price Effects on Poverty and Food Security -- 9.4 The Market for Communication, Mass Media, and Donor Funding -- 9.4.1 Communication Incentives -- 9.4.2 Mass Media and Social Media 9.5 Food Prices and Development Policy Priorities and Funding -- 9.6 Bad News and Good Policies? -- References -- Chapter 10: Food Standards -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Efficiency and Equity Effects -- 10.3 Government Decision-Making on Standards -- 10.4 Development and Pro-Standard and Anti-­Standard Coalitions -- 10.5 Standards and Trade -- 10.6 The Persistence of Standards: Dynamic Political Economics -- 10.7 Trade and Political Dynamics -- References -- Chapter 11: Public Investments in Agricultural and Food Research -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Spillover Effects of Public Research -- 11.3 Distributional Effects of Public Research Investment -- 11.4 Economic Development and Research Investment -- 11.5 Trade and the Impacts of Public Research -- 11.6 Interactions with Other Policies -- References -- Chapter 12: Land and Institutional Reforms -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Political Reforms and Land Reforms: Lessons from Early Twentieth-Century Western Europe -- 12.2.1 Efficiency of Land Rental and Sales Markets -- 12.2.2 A Political Economy Answer to the Puzzle -- 12.2.3 Political Reforms in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries and Land Tenure Reforms -- 12.2.4 Tenure Reform Patterns -- 12.3 Political Changes and Institutional Reforms: Lessons from East Asia and Eastern Europe in the Late Twentieth Century -- 12.3.1 Leadership Change, Reforms, and Legitimacy of the Political System in China -- 12.3.2 Economic Reforms and Political Collapse in Eastern Europe -- 12.3.3 Grassroots Pressure and Leadership Support for Reforms -- 12.4 Historical Legacies and Land Reforms -- 12.4.1 Transfer Landownership or Use Rights? -- 12.4.2 Transfer Land to the Current Users or Previous Owners? -- 12.4.3 In-Kind Versus Share Distribution of Land? -- 12.5 Conclusions: Political Regime Change and Grassroots Pressure -- References -- Chapter 13: Policy Interactions 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Economic Interaction Effects -- 13.3 Political Interaction Effects: Compensation -- 13.4 An Illustration of EIEs and PIES -- 13.4.1 Interactions of Public Agricultural Research Investment and Commodity Policies -- 13.4.2 EIEs with Fixed Commodity Policy -- 13.4.3 EIEs with Endogenous Commodity Policy -- 13.4.4 Politically Optimal PARI with Commodity Policy -- 13.4.5 Economic Development and Endogenous Research and Commodity Policies -- 13.5 Institutions and Credible Compensation -- 13.5.1 Compensation, Enforcement, and Institutions -- References -- Index